“All right, then, I’ll go to hell”
This quote is said by Huck to himself about the things he said about turning Jim in. Huck was going to turn Jim into the slave hunters but decides not to because he is Jim’s friend. He chooses to be loyal to his friend instead of giving into society. Society has always been telling him the blacks are property, but Huck goes against that and doesn’t turn Jim in. He knows that him going against society will send him to hell but he is ready to go to hell to save a friend. He would rather go to hell then to not be loyal to a fiend.
“But if they was joyful, it warn’t nothing to what I was; for it was like being born again, I was so glad to find out who I was.”
This quote is said by Huck. This quote contradicts itself, because it says that Huck wasn’t joyful but that he felt like he was bring born again and that made him happy. This quote is the perfect example of contradiction. Huck was feeling happy but just not in the way the other were feeling.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Huck Finn Quotes pg. 5- 34
“Yes, he’s got a father, but you can’t never find him these days. He used to lay drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he hain’t been seen in these parts for a year or more.”
This quote is said by Ben Rogers to Tom Sawyer about Huck. This quote is stating the kind of father Huck has. He is a drink, and is never around. There are a lot of kids out there that have fathers that are like this. On one hand you feel bad for Huck because he has to live a life without a father to guide him and be a good role model for him. But on the other hand with a father like that you don’t want him around so that he can’t influence Huck in a bad way.
“No sir,” I says, “I don’t want to spend it. I don’t want it at all- nor the six thousand nuther, I want you to take it; I want to give it to you- the six thousand and all.”
This quote is said by Huck to Judge Thatcher about Huck’s money. Huck doesn’t want his money because he knows that if he has money then when his dad comes back then his dad will get the money. Huck decides to sell his money to the Judge for a dollar. The reason he sold it to the Judge for a dollar is to make sure it didn’t look like the Judge stole it from Huck. Huck doesn’t need money and he wants to make sure his dad doesn’t get it.
This quote is said by Ben Rogers to Tom Sawyer about Huck. This quote is stating the kind of father Huck has. He is a drink, and is never around. There are a lot of kids out there that have fathers that are like this. On one hand you feel bad for Huck because he has to live a life without a father to guide him and be a good role model for him. But on the other hand with a father like that you don’t want him around so that he can’t influence Huck in a bad way.
“No sir,” I says, “I don’t want to spend it. I don’t want it at all- nor the six thousand nuther, I want you to take it; I want to give it to you- the six thousand and all.”
This quote is said by Huck to Judge Thatcher about Huck’s money. Huck doesn’t want his money because he knows that if he has money then when his dad comes back then his dad will get the money. Huck decides to sell his money to the Judge for a dollar. The reason he sold it to the Judge for a dollar is to make sure it didn’t look like the Judge stole it from Huck. Huck doesn’t need money and he wants to make sure his dad doesn’t get it.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Huck Finn
In pages 71-91 Tom, Huck and Jim are all on the raft floating along the Mississippi River when a storm came along and stirred up a ship wreck and they found boots, blanckets, and other necessities. They take the items and continue down the river. Then one night when Jim was sleeping Huck played a trick on Jim by leaving the raft. When Jim woke up he was alone and scared, then he fell asleep again and then Huck came back to the raft and when Jim wokw up he was so happy to see Huck and asked why he left, but Huck played with Jims mind and said that he had been on the raft the whole time.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Realism
Realism is about exactly what its name is, real. This form of writing is not fake in any way, shape, or form, this type of writing is known for its truth about topics that are written under this form of writing. Realism emphasises the ordinary, the everyday, and even the unpleasent aspects of life in general. Life is hard, too many people try and make life seem like it is ok, when really their life could be going up in smoke. But realist are not like those people they tell a story like it is, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson is, in my opinion, a transendentalist writer. In her peoms she speaks of nature and how much she loves and respects nature eventhough she has not lived in the woods, but niether did Emerson. She also has many of the morals that transendentalist writes have. Therefore she is a transendentalist writer.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Quotes from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman
“ I concentrate toward them that are nigh, I wait on the door-slab.”
This quote is stating that people should live in the present. They should focus on the things and people that are in their life at that time, instead of wandering what will happen in the future, or worrying about the things in the past. The part of the quote that says, “ I wait on the door-slab” is indicating the past the present and the future. The things behind you are the things in the past the world outside and in front on you is the future and finally, the small space in between the past and future is the present.
“ I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.”
This quote is saying that when people die even though their body is not alive they are still apart of the earth, and are still there with you. When someone dies and is buried their body becomes apart of the soil and the grass in the earth. That is why the quote says, “If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.” That person may not be walking around but they are still very much with you.
This quote is stating that people should live in the present. They should focus on the things and people that are in their life at that time, instead of wandering what will happen in the future, or worrying about the things in the past. The part of the quote that says, “ I wait on the door-slab” is indicating the past the present and the future. The things behind you are the things in the past the world outside and in front on you is the future and finally, the small space in between the past and future is the present.
“ I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.”
This quote is saying that when people die even though their body is not alive they are still apart of the earth, and are still there with you. When someone dies and is buried their body becomes apart of the soil and the grass in the earth. That is why the quote says, “If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.” That person may not be walking around but they are still very much with you.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Quotes for Hawthorne
"My father never went into the woods on such an errand nor his father before him. We have been a race of honest men and good Christians since the days of the martyrs; and shall I be the first of the name of Brown that ever took the path and kept."
This quote is expressing Goodman Brown's shock for being the first of his family to go into the woods. His father and his grandfather both never went into the woods. Goodman is the first man in his family to take a different path through life and keep to it. People shouldn't follow in their parents footsteps unless it is what they truly want. You should find your own path through life and follow that path. Let that path take you as far as it can, then when that path ends a new one begins.
"Prithee put off your journey until sunrise and sleep in your own bed to-night. A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and thoughts that she's afeard of herself sometimes. Pray tarry with me this night, dear husband, of all nights in the year."
This quote is showing the wife of Goodman Brown, Faith, and her desperate atempt to have her husband spend just one more night with her before he leaves for his trip. She wants him to stay one more night with her and then leave in the morning. But he says that he must leave that night. Everytime someone you care about is leaving you want them to stay just a little longer even if they have to be somewhere, you just want that extra time to be with them. This quote shows how much she loves her husband and how desperate she is to just have one more night to be with him.
This quote is expressing Goodman Brown's shock for being the first of his family to go into the woods. His father and his grandfather both never went into the woods. Goodman is the first man in his family to take a different path through life and keep to it. People shouldn't follow in their parents footsteps unless it is what they truly want. You should find your own path through life and follow that path. Let that path take you as far as it can, then when that path ends a new one begins.
"Prithee put off your journey until sunrise and sleep in your own bed to-night. A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and thoughts that she's afeard of herself sometimes. Pray tarry with me this night, dear husband, of all nights in the year."
This quote is showing the wife of Goodman Brown, Faith, and her desperate atempt to have her husband spend just one more night with her before he leaves for his trip. She wants him to stay one more night with her and then leave in the morning. But he says that he must leave that night. Everytime someone you care about is leaving you want them to stay just a little longer even if they have to be somewhere, you just want that extra time to be with them. This quote shows how much she loves her husband and how desperate she is to just have one more night to be with him.
Quotes from Thoreau's journal
“In the one case there is all the world to advise you, in the other there is no one to advise you but yourself.”
This quote is saying that there are two worlds that you can choose from, you can be in the world where other people decide things for you or you can be in the world where you are in control and make your own decisions. Some people never fully live their lives because they aren’t deciding what to do with their life they’re letting someone else decide for them. But the people who make there own decisions live full and happy lives because they have done all the things they want to do without someone saying no. In order to live your life you have to be in control of it.
“To set down such choice experiences that my own writings may inspire me and at last I may make wholes of parts.”
This quote is stating that for him writing is his passion and that is makes him a whole as a person. We always hear people say that they feel like there is a whole inside of them and that something is missing. Well, for Thoreau writing is the thing that makes him whole. Also, the experiences that he has had have also made him whole. He chose to go into the woods and live like that, and by doing these things he is completed.
This quote is saying that there are two worlds that you can choose from, you can be in the world where other people decide things for you or you can be in the world where you are in control and make your own decisions. Some people never fully live their lives because they aren’t deciding what to do with their life they’re letting someone else decide for them. But the people who make there own decisions live full and happy lives because they have done all the things they want to do without someone saying no. In order to live your life you have to be in control of it.
“To set down such choice experiences that my own writings may inspire me and at last I may make wholes of parts.”
This quote is stating that for him writing is his passion and that is makes him a whole as a person. We always hear people say that they feel like there is a whole inside of them and that something is missing. Well, for Thoreau writing is the thing that makes him whole. Also, the experiences that he has had have also made him whole. He chose to go into the woods and live like that, and by doing these things he is completed.
“In the one case there is all the world to advise you, in the other there is no one to advise you but yourself.”
This quote is saying that there are two worlds that you can choose from, you can be in the world where other people decide things for you or you can be in the world where you are in control and make your own decisions. Some people never fully live their lives because they aren’t deciding what to do with their life they’re letting someone else decide for them. But the people who make there own decisions live full and happy lives because they have done all the things they want to do without someone saying no. In order to live your life you have to be in control of it.
“To set down such choice experiences that my own writings may inspire me and at last I may make wholes of parts.”
This quote is stating that for him writing is his passion and that is makes him a whole as a person. We always hear people say that they feel like there is a whole inside of them and that something is missing. Well, for Thoreau writing is the thing that makes him whole. Also, the experiences that he has had have also made him whole. He chose to go into the woods and live like that, and by doing these things he is completed.
This quote is saying that there are two worlds that you can choose from, you can be in the world where other people decide things for you or you can be in the world where you are in control and make your own decisions. Some people never fully live their lives because they aren’t deciding what to do with their life they’re letting someone else decide for them. But the people who make there own decisions live full and happy lives because they have done all the things they want to do without someone saying no. In order to live your life you have to be in control of it.
“To set down such choice experiences that my own writings may inspire me and at last I may make wholes of parts.”
This quote is stating that for him writing is his passion and that is makes him a whole as a person. We always hear people say that they feel like there is a whole inside of them and that something is missing. Well, for Thoreau writing is the thing that makes him whole. Also, the experiences that he has had have also made him whole. He chose to go into the woods and live like that, and by doing these things he is completed.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Journal Quotes
"What a faculty must that be which can print the most barren landscape and humblest life in glorious colors! It is pure and invigorated senses reacting on a sound and strong imagination."
This quote is explaining how Thoreau is fascinated with people who come from the worst places and have been in the worst situations but still can be optimistic. It is amazing that people who have been through so much can come out and say that it will all be ok. They take a bad situation and will find a way to see the silver lining. People use their imagination to picture the outcome of something even if the situation looks like it will never be resolved. People who see the best in things are highly thought of in Thoreau’s eyes.
“I am freer than any planet; no complaint reaches round the world, I can move away from public opinion, from government, from religion, from education, from society.”
In this quote Thoreau is explaining how freeing it is to be alone n the woods. When you’re living in the woods there is no one but you, there is no government, no schools, no other religion than your own, and no people there is only you. He even says that he is freer than a planet, which is completely isolated in space. Everything is up to you no one can make you do anything, there are no rules or regulations just you and your own schedule.
This quote is explaining how Thoreau is fascinated with people who come from the worst places and have been in the worst situations but still can be optimistic. It is amazing that people who have been through so much can come out and say that it will all be ok. They take a bad situation and will find a way to see the silver lining. People use their imagination to picture the outcome of something even if the situation looks like it will never be resolved. People who see the best in things are highly thought of in Thoreau’s eyes.
“I am freer than any planet; no complaint reaches round the world, I can move away from public opinion, from government, from religion, from education, from society.”
In this quote Thoreau is explaining how freeing it is to be alone n the woods. When you’re living in the woods there is no one but you, there is no government, no schools, no other religion than your own, and no people there is only you. He even says that he is freer than a planet, which is completely isolated in space. Everything is up to you no one can make you do anything, there are no rules or regulations just you and your own schedule.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Quotes from Thoreau
"After a partial cessation of his sensuous life, the soul of man, or its organs rather, are reinvigorated each day, and his Genius tries again what noble life it can make."
This quote is stating that at the end of a mans life his body is regenerated so that he can make the best of his days. If you know that your life is about to end you know that you have to treat everyday like it is your last, by making it a great day. It’s almost as if your body puts on the after burners to let you have one last hurrah before it is your time to pass away.
“Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.”
This quote is saying that money is not important to your soul. “Money can’t buy happiness,” that saying applies directly to this quote. In order to be happy you don’t need money, money can only buy things that are not necessary. Material things can’t make you happy forever.
This quote is stating that at the end of a mans life his body is regenerated so that he can make the best of his days. If you know that your life is about to end you know that you have to treat everyday like it is your last, by making it a great day. It’s almost as if your body puts on the after burners to let you have one last hurrah before it is your time to pass away.
“Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.”
This quote is saying that money is not important to your soul. “Money can’t buy happiness,” that saying applies directly to this quote. In order to be happy you don’t need money, money can only buy things that are not necessary. Material things can’t make you happy forever.
Quotes
"The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried." This quote is staying that people have more power in them then they think. With that power man can overcome many obsticuls that seem to be undefeatable. But you will never find that power, and streangth inside of you until you try to overcome them.
"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." This quote is telling us that your mind is yours no one can touch it and and no one can change it. You have the power over your own mind and that in itself is sacred to you. People can touch and mess with your matierial stuff but no one can mess up your mind. You mind is yours and no one elses.
" To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society."
"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." This quote is telling us that your mind is yours no one can touch it and and no one can change it. You have the power over your own mind and that in itself is sacred to you. People can touch and mess with your matierial stuff but no one can mess up your mind. You mind is yours and no one elses.
" To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society."
Monday, September 10, 2007
In The Year to Come
This year in American Literature I'm looking forward to learning new things, in hopes to expand my horizons in literature. I want to get experience in writing poetry and stories out of this class. I love writing poetry and short fictional stories, those are the two things i really would like to lean more about. I'm extremely excited for the year to come.
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